state of play: 08/27/2024

POLITICAL GAME STATE: Szubartowicz: Tusk Skillfully Entangled Włodek, Władek, and Szymon in Further Quarrels; Szułdrzyński: "Lempartization" of Politics Serves No One

Łukasz Mężyk

-- POLITICAL PLAN FOR TUESDAY: KOSINIAK AT THE CAMPUS, BŁASZCZAK'S CONFERENCE ON PKW DECISION, ŚLIWKA AT MON - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/27/ -- TUSK GOT OFF THE "FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS" TRAM AT THE "POWER" STOP - PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “During the Poland of the Future Campus, Donald Tusk got off the 'Fight for Women's Rights' tram at the 'Power' stop. And he skillfully entangled – to use familiar campus poetics – Włodek, Władek, and Szymon in further quarrels and further efforts on this matter. As well as naive commentators who mistake the impossible for the possible.” -- THE ENTIRE TROUBLE - A HOT POTATO - WAS HANDED OVER TO HIS COALITION PARTNERS. ON THE BASIS OF: I WANTED TO, I DID EVERYTHING I COULD, BUT YOU CAN'T AGREE, SO IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELVES - Szubartowicz continues. -- TUSK'S MANEUVER IS INTENDED TO ENSURE ELECTORAL WRATH MISSES HIM - FURTHERMORE, SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “Tusk's maneuver is intended to ensure that the wrath of voters bypasses him. He knows that to govern effectively, one must be as far away from any impasses as possible, especially when one has to deal with health contributions, presidential elections, the rescue of institutions from legal collapse, or state security. And also when one is aware that PiS still has the strength to win the presidency and return to power. And the knowledge that the game for who will ultimately take the presidency within KO is not yet decided.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-przystanek-wladza,nId,7763924 -- THE KBW IS CATEGORICALLY AGAINST HOLDING PIECES ACCOUNTABLE FOR CAMPAIGNING FOR PIS. WILL THE LAW EXCLUDE JUSTICE? - PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “However, the matter is quite serious, because the KBW's stance should be interpreted as at least an attempt to discourage members of the PKW from holding PiS accountable for the campaign by using an 'expansive interpretation' of electoral law. The KBW spokesperson emphasizes in a conversation with OKO.press (at the end of the text) that the KBW is merely an executive body for the PKW, but it is difficult to expect KBW experts to be involved in calculating the costs of illegal campaigning when they deny that it took place. In this situation, the rejection of PiS's electoral report at the PKW session on August 29 seems increasingly unlikely.” -- ADOPTING THE KBW'S APPROACH ACTUALLY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PUNISH PIS UNDER THE ELECTORAL CODE FOR EVEN THE MOST FLAGRANT FORMS OF "OFF-THE-BOOK" CAMPAIGNING - Pacewicz continues in Oko. https://oko.press/kbw-kategorycznie-przeciw-rozliczaniu-agitacji-na-rzecz-pis-prawo-wykluczy-sprawiedliwosc -- IT IS WORTHWHILE FOR THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CAMPUS TO CLARIFY THIS MATTER, AND BEST OF ALL, TO APOLOGIZE, TO SAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS USEFUL AND POSITIVE IN THE CAMPUS - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Therefore, KO should know that the 'Lempartization' of Polish politics serves no one, and least of all the ruling coalition, which promised higher standards than during the PiS era. That is why it is worth for the organizers of the Campus to clarify this matter, and ideally to apologize, to save everything that is useful and positive in the Campus. A perfunctory distancing from the entire incident by Rafał Trzaskowski and Sławomir Nitras is not enough.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41021681-michal-szuldrzynski-campus-polska-wartosci-obywatelskie-vs-kontrowersyjne-silent-disco -- WASIEWICZ FIRED A CANNON AT THE CAMPUS, RAFAŁ, AND THE PLATFORM. HE DID SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY STUPID BY PUBLISHING THIS RECORDING - COMPLAINS A CLOSE COLLABORATOR OF THE WARSAW MAYOR - ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ IN INTERIA: “Wasiewicz fired a cannon at the Campus, Rafał, and the Platform. He did something absolutely stupid by publishing this recording – complains a close collaborator of the Warsaw mayor when asked about the scandal that erupted in connection with the anti-PiS recording. However, he adds: – It has turned into a huge mess, but honestly, I don't know why. Firstly, it's known what views young people have and what they think of PiS for at least several years. Secondly, the ministers, who are now being lambasted, were listening to a different song on a different channel at that time.” -- IN THE GOVERNMENT, THE MATTER IS ALSO BEING COMMENTED ON RELUCTANTLY AND SUPERFICIALLY FOR NOW, BUT ONE MEMBER OF DONALD TUSK'S CABINET ADMITTED IN A CONVERSATION WITH INTERIA THAT HE "DOES NOT SEE THREATS HERE" - Rogojsz continues. -- IN PIS, THEY FELL UPON THIS SILENT DISCO LIKE DEVILS BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ONLY NOURISHMENT - COMMENTS A KO POLITICIAN TO ROGOJSZ IN INTERIA: “And he adds: – In PiS, they fell upon this silent disco like devils because it's their only nourishment. This event has been an absolute sensation for several years, attracting the attention of people, the media, and it already has a reputation not only in Poland but also in Europe. Even PiS finds it hard to cling to anything, apart from repeating already explained spins about German funding. Silent disco is all they have left, that's all they can play with.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-wypalil-z-armaty-w-campus-rafala-i-po-zlosc-w-otoczeniu-trza,nId,7764260 -- IT IS OUR DUTY TO REGAIN POLAND FROM THE HANDS OF A TEAM WHOSE RULE, IF ONLY DUE TO INFANTILISM AND EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS - JACEK KARNOWSKI ON WPOLITYCE.PL: “On the other hand, one must rejoice at the clear presentation of the issue. All these 'discussion panels, meetings with experts, workshops' are merely theater, a game of appearances. The core is the evening punchline and those infamous eight stars. Everything else is superfluous. Completely superfluous, and utterly deceitful. We should constantly keep this clear dichotomy in mind. On one side, the independence camp, imperfect, but deeply devoted to Poland; on the other, a farce, buffoonery, subservience, and hatred. It is our duty to reclaim Poland from the hands of a team whose rule, if only due to infantilism and external connections, is as dangerous to our homeland as foreign intervention. We can do it, and we will.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/703719-osiem-gwiazdek-to-celne-podsumowanie-debat-na-campusie -- YOU ARE NOT OFFENDING LAW AND JUSTICE, YOU ARE OFFENDING POLES WHO LIVE NEXT TO YOU, IN A COMMON HOMELAND - GORAN ANDRIJANIĆ ON WPOLITYCE.PL: “This is precisely the kind of violence we have been experiencing since the Koalicja 13 grudnia (Coalition December 13) took over the 'governance' of this country. Of course, Tusk and his circle do not care that their strategy and political methods have polluted the Polish public space for many years to come. By teaching young people that it is acceptable to express political opposition to someone through insults and curses, they have taught them contempt for the people with whom they live in their homeland. These young people do not just insult PiS. They insult Poles who voted for this party.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/703717-nie-obrazacie-pis-u-obrazacie-polakow-ktorzy-zyja-obok-was -- KACZYŃSKI WILL NOT COVER THE APOCALYPSE IN PIS WITH BŁASZCZAK - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “If he ceases to be a vice-president of PiS, the party will receive a signal that Kaczyński is abandoning people in need. And this will only strengthen the moods of frustration within the group and questions about who will be next? Because after the fat years, the lean years have now arrived for PiS. Very lean years.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41021331-jacek-nizinkiewicz-jaroslaw-kaczynski-nie-przykryje-mariuszem-blaszczakiem-armagedonu-w-pis -- BIRTHDAYS: Michał Komar, Marek Safjan, Mariusz Haładyj.

Łukasz Mężyk